Paul B Fancher

This is a finding aid for Paul B. Fancher's microfilmed genealogical collection.

"This is a collection of 3500 family group sheets created by Paul B Fancher (PBF) during his forty-three year hobby of pursuing the Fancher Family. Included are indexes of names of 20,000 names from these sheets and sorted in various ways to assist other people researching the family.".

John Wylie Brown, son of George Washington Brown, was born in 1867 in Jacksboro, Tennessee. He married Mary Belle Pryor in 1891. They had eight children. He died in 1941 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Compilation of research notes regarding the lineage of Joseph Fancher (b. abt. 1640) of New Jersey.

Richard Fancher lived in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey where he died in 1764. His wife was Martha. They had five children: Richard (b. 1731), Martha (b. 1731, William (b. 1735), Benjamin (b. 1735), David b. ca. 1738), Amy (b. 1764), and William (b. 1744). Descendants lived mainly in New York, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas, and elsewhere.

Richard Fancher lived in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey where he died in 1764. His wife was Martha. They had five children: Richard (b. 1731), Martha (b. 1731, William (b. 1735), Benjamin (b. 1735), David b. ca. 1738), Amy (b. 1764), and William (b. 1744). Descendants lived mainly in New York, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas, and elsewhere.

"In the following is information about two original generations of the Fancher Family that are earliest known Fanchers in America. Included is a sketch about the individual families and a link to their family line in other sections in [Paul B. Fanchers] records. Included here is information about the first two families, William Fanshaw and his son William Fanshaw, Jr. The family started as Fancy, then Fanshaw, and finally almost exclusively Fancher....

David Fancher was born on Long Island, New York. He was living in Stamford, Connecticut as early as 1730. His wife's name may have been Sarah. They had five known children: Sylvanus, James, David, and William.